A US Senate investigative panel blasted airlines for increasingly charging so-called “junk fees” to help boost their bottom lines, saying the practice has increased costs and complexity for consumers.

A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday criticized rising airline fees for seat assignments and luggage and will call air carrier executives to testify on Dec. 4. Senator Richard Blumenthal, who chairs the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations,

A new Senate panel report highly critical of "junk fees" used by major airlines to charge passengers has lawmakers ready to question airline executives at a hearing in Washington, D.C., next month.

A Senate subcommittee on Tuesday slammed U.S. airlines large and small over fees to pick seats on flights. Between 2018 and 2023 American, Delta, United, Spirit and Frontier brought in $12.4 billion in seating fees,

Airlines have raked in billions of dollars by charging extra to select a seat and some airlines paid workers incentives to encourage charging more for baggage fees, according to previously undisclosed data in a new Senate subcommittee report.

Five airlines that serve Connecticut's Bradley International Airport were cited in a U.S. Senate subcommittee report for extra seat and baggage charges.